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Patent GB-190629610-A (GB)
Inventor: CATLOW THOMAS
Filed: 1906-12-29
Granted: 1907-09-12
Abstract: 29,610. Catlow, T., Marsden, W. H., and Dunn, M. Dec. 29. Carding - engines etc; scutchers.- Relates to apparatus described in Specification No. 10,019, A.D. 1906, for automatically locking the door or cover of the main cylinder of carding- engines &c. Two multiple tappets or star-wheels 9, 9A are mounted loosely on a bush 2 on the main cylinder shaft 10, and are provided with stops 1 driven by projections 6 on the bush. The projections of each tappet during rotation remain opposite the recesses of the other, the two tappets together forming a complete disk on which the finger portion 8 of the sneck or fastener rests. When the cylinder has ceased to rotate, either or both of the tappets can be rotated by hand to form a recess for the finger portion. According to the Provisional Specification, the invention is also applicable to blowing-machines.
Patent GB-190704732-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for use in connection with the Sealing of Cans and Canisters.
Inventor: WILZIN ARTHUR
Filed: 1907-02-26
Granted: 1907-09-05
Abstract: 4732. Wilzin, A. March 6, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Coating surfaces with liquids and plastic materials.- Relates to a machine for applying paste, cement, &c. to the edges of lids, or bottoms of cans &c., before the lids or bottoms are secured to the can &c. bodies by seaming or like operations. The can lid or bottom to be operated upon is placed on one of the supports g, Fig. 5, mounted on an intermittently rotating table k. When the can lid comes beneath the paste tank a, Figs. 1 and 5, a camoperated rod t raises the support g carrying the can lidf. This action slightly lifts a valve e and allows paste to flow to the edge of the can lid. The valve e is closed immediately the support g commences to descend. The paste in the tank a may be pressed down by a plunger b, which may be weighted by sand or other material placed in a receptacle c. The height of the support g is regulated by an adjusting-screw such as h, Fig. 1. The shape of the valve e may be modified as shown in Fig. 2. The valve e, instead of being lifted by the support g, may be raised by a finger e<2> Fig. 3, secured to a rock-shaft e<3>. The paste tank a may be arranged to move vertically, the support g remaining stationary. The apparatus may be modified to enable it to be used for applying indiarubber, and for applying the material to circular, rectangular, or other shaped grooves in lids or bottoms of cans &c.
Patent GB-190707632-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Guard or Holding Up Device for the Side Levers of Railway Wagon Brakes.
Inventor: BICKLEY JAMES WILLIAM
Filed: 1907-03-30
Granted: 1908-02-13
Abstract: 7632. Bickley, J. W. March 30. Brakes.-A device for holding up the hand levers of railway-wagon brakes comprises a dependent member A pivoted at B' to the underframing of the wagon so as to swing in the plane of the handlever C. A pair of catches F, G are pivoted to the member A, the upper provided with two dependent horns F<1>, F<2> and the lower catch with two upper horns G', G<2> and a lower one G<3>. The horns F<1>, G<3> tend always to rest against a rib A <3> which projects from the member A. The handlever C is provided with a stud C' which, in the 'off' position, rests, between the upper horns of the catch G, as shown. To apply the brakes, the hand-lever is first raised, when the stud, acting on the face F<2>, F<3> of the catch F, pushes the member A to the left sufficiently to allow the horn G<3> to be passed in the subsequent downward movement of the lever. In raising the lever to take off the brakes, the stud trips the horn G<1>, and, further upward movement being resisted by the horn F<1>, the lever is dropped when the stud is caught in its original position by the catch G. A retaining-strap D is provided. The member A may alternatively be mounted to slide in an horizontal direction.
Patent GB-190708653-A (GB)
Title: Process and Device for Making Compounds of Oxygen from the Elements at a High Temperature.
Inventor: BENDER OSCAR
Filed: 1907-04-15
Granted: 1907-12-19
Abstract: 8653. Bender, O. April 15. Producers.-Relates to a process and apparatus for oxidizing elements at a high temperature. The substance, mixed with oxygen, is heated by a furnace and is then still further heated by an oxyhydrogen flame produced by blowing superheated steam into the hot-space above the fuel. The process is suitable for making oxides of nitrogen, nitric and sulphuric acids, and sulphur trioxide. Fuel is supplied by a pipe i. Some of the air is conducted through the fuel by pipes of refractory material or past it by pipes h, and more air or oxygen may be added by a pipe g. Superheated steam is admitted by an annular slot d from a pipe c and becomes dissociated, forming an oxyhydrogen flame at B. The gaseous products are withdrawn by a pipe k, under the action of a lowpressure steam jet m which also serves to cool the products. A slide n may connect the pipe k with a chimney C. A window p is provided at the upper part of the furnace, which may be lined with fire-brick to act as a heat accumulator. For making nitrogen oxygen compounds, air or air and oxygen are supplied, while for sulphuric acid or anhydride the sulphur is supplied below the grate or is mixed with the fuel. The reaction mixture may also be heated by an electrical source of heat, such as the arc flame, placed within the furnace or below the nozzle m.
Patent GB-190714525-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Determining the Deviation from the Vertical of Bore Holes.
Filed: 1907-06-24
Granted: 1908-05-21
Abstract: 14,525. Bodart, M., and Deutsche Solvay-Werke Akt.-Ges. June 24. Clinometers.-- In clinostats of the kind adapted to be lowered in boreholes step by step and are provided with clamps to prevent rotation, mechanical means are used to replace the usual electric means for bringing a t predetermined times a paper strip into position for recording the position of a pendulum. The clinostat consists of telescopic tubes 1, 2, the latter carrying the measuring - device 3, which comprises clock-work 18 acting at predetermined intervals to lower a paper band against fixed pointers 21 and a pointer 23 on a freely swinging plumb-rod 22. The tubes are clamped in position in the hole by means of jaws 9, 13 forced out when required by compressed air or the like, which is introduced through supporting-pipes 4, 5 and acts on pistons 6, 11 to depress projections 7, 12 and force out the jaws. The tube 2 is prevented from turning by suitable guides.
Patent GB-190714753-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Preventing Inductive Disturbances and for Phase Adjusting in Telephone, Telegraph and other Electric Circuits.
Inventor: SCOTT CHARLES FELTON
Filed: 1907-06-26
Granted: 1907-12-05
Abstract: 14,753. Scott, C. F. July 9, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Telegraphs; telephone systems.-To compensate the disturbing electromotive forces produced by an alternating- current power or other circuit 1, Fig. 1, in a neighbouring telegraph or telephone line 5, the line is connected through a transformer 7 to a similarly situated auxiliary line 6, in which currents are set up by the same disturbances, means being provided for producing an exact opposition of phase between the disturbing electromotive forces in the line 5, and those impressed on the same line by the transformer. The disturbing electromotive forces which are to be compensated may be partly due to the power currents straying in the earth. In the arrangement shown in Fig. 1, the protected circuit 5 is an earthed telephone line, and the disturbing circuit is a railway system with an elevated conductor 1 and earthed rails 2. The phase-adjusting means may consist of a variable inductance 10 in the auxiliary line, or a non- inductive resistance 11 connected in shunt across the winding 8 of the transfotmer ; or both these means may be combined, or either of them may be used in conjunction with an additional transformer winding having a resistance in its circuit. the above means may be used for producing other desired phase relations.
Patent GB-190721727-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Signal Lamps and the like
Inventor: WESSEL FREDERICK
Filed: 1907-10-01
Granted: 1907-12-12
Abstract: 21,727. Wessel, F. Oct. 1. Signal lamps.-In a locomotive or marine headlight or the like, an elongated, elliptical casing 2 for containing the signalling glasses 8, 9 is located between the lens 6 and the lamp body 3. The holder 22 of the red glass 9 is pivoted to the casing at 11, so that the red glass falls by gravity in front of the lens 6 when the actuating-mechanism 24, 25, 26 is released or damaged. The holder 10 of the green glass 8 is also pivoted at 11, and is connected at 13 by a link 14 with one arm of a spring-controlled lever 15 pivoted at 16. The glass 8 is thus held in the position shown above the field of light until intentionally lowered by the actuating-mechanism 18, 19, 21. Keys may be substituted for the rods 18, 26 ; and any number of holders for glasses of various colours may be provided.
Patent GB-190722472-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Power Transmission Gearing.
Inventor: ELOESSER CARL
Filed: 1907-10-11
Granted: 1908-10-12
Abstract: 22,472. Eloesser, C. Oct. 11. Hoists; winches.-Rigid fastenings for strengthening weak portions or joining the ends of metal driving-bands &c. are provided with riding-off ends having a uniform curvature. In the form shown in Fig. 7, the back of the fastening is formed to a suitable curvature to allow a hoisting-band to be coiled on a drum. The band d is brazed or welded &c. to the concave portion b of the plate a, the riding-off ends c being formed with gradual transition from the inner curve b to a countercurvature of large and uniform radius tangential to the straight path of the band.
Patent GB-190728180-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Artificial Stone Blocks.
Filed: 1907-12-21
Granted: 1908-06-04
Abstract: 28,180. Bos, E., and Soc. A. Delastre et Cie. Dec. 26, 1906, [date applied for under Patents Act, 1901]. Moulding artificial stone.-The ram a of a press for producing hollow blocks is operated by means of gripping- rollers, and is formed with recesses corresponding to cores f, which pass through an interchangeable ramming- plate b and are operated by rack gear h, k. The cores fare removably secured to a plate g, Fig. 9. Material contained in a hopper y is distributed by means of a regulating-valve z on to a conveyer s, which is put into operation intermittently by means of a clutch n. The material passes into the mould 2 through a distributing- hopper 1, and each layer is consolidated by means of the ram a. The thickness of the block is regulated by means of a dreasing-plate 4, on which it is rammed flush with the mould. After moulding, the ram is held up by bolts 5, the cores f are lowered, and the moulded block is slid on to a discharging- table 6 where the mould 2 and plate 4 are removed. The machine may be employed for forming solid blocks.
Patent GB-190728475-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Cocks and Taps.
Inventor: FERGUSON THOMAS
Filed: 1907-12-27
Granted: 1908-06-25
Abstract: 28,475. Ferguson, T., and Blackwood, J. Dec. 27. Casings.-The openings in the casings of taps which are provided with removable seatings, are made smaller in diameter than the seats, and in order to allow the seats b to be removed sideways, the casings are provided with grooves c, c<1>.
Patent GB-190801037-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Condenser Carding Engines.
Inventor: BUCKLEY HARRY
Filed: 1908-01-16
Granted: 1908-10-22
Abstract: 1037. Buckley, H., and Warburton, J. Jan. 16. Carding-engines.-The disk-like dividing-roller 1 of a condenser carding-engine is set in a more direct line than usual between the doffer 9 and rubbers 4, and an additional roller 5 is provided. This additional roller is provided with disk-like formations 6, which enter the grooves of the dividing-roller for clearing purposes. The disks 6 of the roller 5 are cut away at diametrically opposite points, as shown at 7, and are also notched as shown at 8. The cut-away portions of the roller 5 are intended to throw any broken ends of the web 10 into the dividing-roller 1 or the rubbers 4. The notches 8, by giving the broken web an additional knock, ensure the introduction of the broken end into the dividing-roller or rubbers.
Patent GB-190802047-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Wheel Rims.
Inventor: BARTON BERTRAM CLAUDE
Filed: 1908-01-29
Granted: 1909-01-07
Abstract: 2047. Barton, B. C. Jan. 29. Right to Patent relinquished. Felloes or rims.-In rims provided with detachable flanges, the main portion of the rim a and detachable flange e, Fig. 3, are formed with inwardly extending lips d, f, respectively, which are held in contact by an expansible and contractible grooved hoop h embracing the lips. The retaining-hoop is expanded and contracted by a toggle-joint comprising a curved link n, Fig. 2, and a straight link n', so that in the contracted positions of the hoop, the axis of the pivot o is lower than the plane containing the axes of the pivots p, p<1>, thus locking the hoop in its contracted position.
Patent GB-190804021-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Track-brake Operating Mechanism for Tramcars and the like.
Filed: 1908-02-22
Granted: 1909-02-18
Abstract: 4021. Mountain & Gibson, and Tolkien, F. Feb. 22. Brakes.-A track brake is lowered on to the track by screw means. As shown, two screws a carried in fixed bearings are rotated from either end of the vehicle through bevel-gearing. Nuts h are caused to traverse the screws and actuate bell-crank levers j, which depress the brake block through turn-buckles k, which may be directly connected to the brake block. Struts m bear against projections c<1> on fixed brackets b and transmit the horizontal drag to the framework. The transverse bevel-wheel shaft d is rotated by means of endless chains in order that there may be no slack to be taken up when the brakes are applied.
Patent GB-190804539-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Apparatus for Stretching and Pressing Trousers.
Inventor: FARFAN VICENTE LEON
Filed: 1908-02-28
Granted: 1909-02-25
Abstract: 4539. Farfan, V. L. Feb. 28. Trouser stretchers and presses.-A baseboard a is provided with inclined pieces b on both sides, under which fits a cross-piece c having wedge-shaped ends. A top presaer board d has similar inclined side pieces e and a cross-piece f with wedge-shaped ends, and is rounded or provided with a roller at the end g ; it is also provided with pins h adapted to take into the notches i or j of a screw bolt k on each side of the baseboard. To stretch and press the trousers x, the board d is removed and one end of the trousers is clamped by the clamp b, c. The board d is then placed on the trousers, and the other end of the trousers is folded round the end g and clamped in the clamp e, f, the pins h being placed in the left-hand notches i of the bolt k. The board d is then turned into a vertical position and the pins h are removed from the notches i and inserted in the right-hand notches j, after which the board is turned down flat and clamped by a turn-button &c. m. In place of the clamps b, c, e,f, other clamping-devices, such as pressure-screws, levers, cams, &c., may be used. The bolts may be formed with only one notch n, as shown in Fig. 5. in which case the head has to be turned round in stretching the trousers, and the wing-nut p is formed with a sleeve q turning between plates r on the board a, so that the bolts can be both raised and lowered by rotating the nut.
Patent GB-190804752-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Machines for Cleansing Butchers' Chopping Blocks by Planing or Scraping.
Inventor: HERZER ALBERT
Filed: 1908-03-02
Granted: 1908-07-30
Abstract: 4752. Herzer, A., and Nollert, H. March 2. Planing.-In a machine for cleansing butchers' chopping-blocks by scraping or planing, a metal ring a is clamped to the block and supports a frame b, which runs on rollers m, or is guided in a circular slot. The frame carries knives l of scroll or cylindrical shape which are rotated on their axes by gears k, i, the latter of which is mounted on a shaft g rotated by gears f, c from a hand-operated shaft d, which is mounted in a bracket p attached to the ring. The frame is rotated on its axis by a bevel-wheel n rigidly connected to it.
Patent GB-190810155-A (GB)
Title: Improvements pertaining to the Firing of Retort of Muffle Furnaces by Means of Producer Gas.
Inventor: SCHMATOLLA ERNST
Filed: 1908-05-11
Granted: 1908-08-13
Abstract: 10,155. Schmatolla, E. Nov. 1, 1907, [date applied tor under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Retorts.-In a regenerative gas-tired furnace, with iron or steel retorts a of rectangular section, such as those employed in the process of calcining magnesite and at the same time obtaining carbon dioxide, a producer g communicates with a combustion chamber b above the retort and the top of each retort, which may be used as a calcining- hearth, and the whole or a part of its vertical sides are covered with chamotte or the like, while the bottom is left uncovered. Access to the chamotte plates at the sides is obtained through a loosely bricked up aperture in the furnace front. When long retorts are used, the chamotte or like covering at the sides may be dispensed with. Air, previously heated in pipes r and a chamber d, is supplied to the gas in the chamber b, and the products of combustion, after circulating round the retort, escape through a flue i. A hopper f is provided above the outlet l from the chamber d, and the magnesite is fed from this hopper to the calcining chamber b, where the last traces of carbon dioxide are driven off. The retorts separated by a flue may be arranged beneath a common combustion chamber b.
Patent GB-190812576-A (GB)
Title: Process for the Manufacture of Dental Stoppings or Fillings.
Inventor: FRITZSCHE CURT
Filed: 1908-06-11
Granted: 1908-09-24
Abstract: 12,576. Fritzsche, C. June 11. Teeth, stopping.-Fillings are made by applying direct to the cavity raw porcelain clay rendered plastic and cementitious by admixture with a solution of collodion or shellac. The moulded mass is removed by a pin or knife, burnt, and enamelled, and afterwards cemented in place.
Patent GB-190815990-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means of Securing Flaps of Safety Envelopes.
Inventor: STREETER EDWIN FREDERICK WILLI
Filed: 1908-07-28
Granted: 1909-04-15
Abstract: 15,990. Streeter, E. F. W. July 28. Envelopes ; seals.-To prevent surreptitious opening, an envelope is sealed by a film of a paraffin wax or other substance of such a degree of hardness that it will take a finger print. The wax e is placed partly on flaps C, E and partly on the sealing flap A and may be surrounded by an embossed ring c. The back E is cut away so that the postage stamp can be secured to the three folds A, D, E. Perforations d, g are provided to preserve the seal and stamp intact during opening. In the case of an envelope of ordinary form, the film of wax is placed over the point where the flaps meet.
Patent GB-190824699-A (GB)
Title: Method of and Machine for Manufacturing Match-boxes.
Filed: 1908-11-17
Granted: 1909-04-08
Abstract: 24,699. J÷nk÷pings och Vulcans Tõndsticksfabriksaktiebolag. Nov. 21, 1907, [date applied for under Section 91 of Patents &c. Act, 1907]. Box-making machines.-In a machine for making match-boxes &c. in which shaped blanks are wound upon a rotating mandrel, the blanks are attached to the mandrel and the finished boxes are removed without stopping the mandrel. The thin wood blank 1 to be operated upon is pushed from the magazine 2 by a cam-actuated slide 3, and is gripped to the rotating mandrel 4 in any suitable manner, for instance by means of a pivoted flexible lever controlled by a cam operated slide. An adhesive paper strip 7 is pressed against the blank by a roller 8, and the required length of the strip is cut off by a cutting-roller 9. The blank and the paper strip are pressed against the mandrel by a roller 10 carried by a spring-controlled lever 11 driven by a cam on the shaft 20, which rotates at half the speed of the mandrel 4. When the mandrel has turned through a revolution and a half, the nearly finished box is slid along the mandrel, to make room for the next box, by any suitable means, such as a pair of springs adapted to be moved along the former by a cam. A roller 24 carried by a cam-actuated lever 25 then presses the end of the paper strip against the box, and thus completes the box. As a partly-made box is moved along the mandrel, a finished box is pushed off the end of the mandrel.
Patent GB-190825532-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Bags, Trunks and the like.
Inventor: ZELLER FRANZ
Filed: 1908-11-26
Granted: 1909-09-09
Abstract: 25,532. Zeller, F. Nov. 26. Locks, key; fastenings, spring-catch. The bows a, a<1> of a bag, trunk, or the like are locked at the centre and ends by a bar b, sliding on the bow a and having bolts c, d, e, f, which the spring g causes to engage simultaneously and in one direction with rounded hooks c<1>, d<1>, e<1>, f<1> on the bow a<1>, when the bag is closed. Locking is effected by the resilient lever l pivoted to the bar b and turned by a key k into engagement with a pin p on the bow. Projections m, m<1> on the bar b and the resilient lever l prevent accidental displacement. The bolts and hooks may be varied in form and number, and the bar b may be replaced by a cord, chain, wire, &c.
Patent GB-190826668-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with a Combined Boring and Countersinking Drill for Metal Work.
Inventor: CONACHER DAVID
Filed: 1908-12-09
Granted: 1909-05-27
Abstract: 26,668. Conacher, D. Dec. 9. Drills. - Wings C, D are formed integrally with a twist drill A for countersinking, and have their cutting- edges prolonged into the groove of the drill to ensure their entrance into the drilled hole before the commencement of the countersinking operation.
Patent GB-190826939-A (GB)
Title: A Process for Removing Nicotine from Tobacco.
Inventor: LAKE WILLIAM EDWARD
Filed: 1908-12-11
Granted: 1909-12-13
Abstract: 26,939. Lake, W. E., [Soc. Anon. des Tabacs Desintoxiques en Faillite]. Dec. 11. Tobacco.-Nicotine is removed from tobacco by means of an alkaline solution of tobacco juice deprived of a considerable proportion of its nicotine by means of a solvent, such as petrol, which in turn gives up the nicotine to form nicotine salts to an acid solution of tobacco juice. The petrol, or other solvent, in the first instance removes other constituents from the tobacco juice, but as the petrol is used for an indefinite number of operations it becomes saturated with these other constituents and will only act to remove the nicotine. The alkaline solution a of tobacco juice is contained in a stone vessel A, and the acid solution a<1> in a vessel A<1>, and the solutions are covered with a layer of petrol d, an aperture c being made in the upper part of the partition b to enable the petrol to pass freely from one vessel to the other. Two sets of stirrers e, e<1> are provided, rotating slowly in the directions shown. The tobacco leaves are contained in a vessel B and treated for a sufficient length of time with the alkaline solution a, admitted by means of a pipe and cock r<1>. The solution is then run into a vessel c and forced into the vessel A, where it is denicotinized by the petrol, which in turn gives up the nicotine to the acidified tobacco juice a<1> in the vessel A<1>. Acid is added to samples of the solution a' from time to time and, when the chemical action ceases, is introduced into the vessel A'. After each operation, a small proportion of the acid solution is removed and replaced by fresh acid solution to prevent over saturation with nicotine. If however the acid employed be oxalic acid, this is not necessary, as the nicotine crystallizes out as oxalate of nicotine which may be removed. The crystals of oxalate of nicotine, or the small proportion of the acid solution removed, may be employed for the extraction of nicotine. Specification No. 1184, A.D. 1907, is referred to.